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• J&J acquires Auris Health- in allstock transaction for $5.7B as total deal value- including $3.4B upfront in cash and $2.35B milestones. The transaction is expected to close in Q2’19
• The focus of the agreement is to advance surgical treatments in connection with digital technologies for the treatment of lung cancer including open- laparoscopic- robotic and endoluminal surgeries
• Auris Health’s Monarch Platform is an endoscopic robotic technology with advancement in micro-instrumentation- sensing- & data science in one platform for improved outcomes

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